Combined stock and hay rack



Patented Apr. 4, I899. H. A. BAKER.

COMBINED STOCK AND HAY BACK.

(Application filed Sept. 13, 1898.)

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No. 622,320. Patented Apr. 4, I899. H. A. BAKER. COMBINED STOCK AND HAYBACK.

(Application filed. Sept. 18.1 898.)

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NETE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

HERBERT BAKER, OF MOS HERVILLE, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED STOCK AND HAY RACK.

srnornronrron forming part of Letters-Patent no. 622,320, dated April 4,189.

Application filed September 13, 1898. Serial No. 690,895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mosherville, in the county of Hillsdale and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Combined Stock and Hay Rack, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined stock and hay racks.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofhay and stock racks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientone adapted to be applied to an ordinary wagon body or bed and capableof being readily arranged to form either a hay or a stock rack.

A further object of the invention is to enable the sides of the rack tobe readily removed when desired and to provide a simple interlockingconnection which will effectually prevent the sides from becomingaccidentally detached from the wagon bed or body when they are arrangedto form either a hay or stock rack. 4

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined hay andstock rack constructed in accordance with this invention, one of thesides being in an inclined position and the other being vertical. Fig. 2is a transverse sectional view,the parts being arranged to form ahay-rack. Fig. 3 is asi'milar view, the parts being arranged to form astock-rack. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one of the brackets.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the hinged arms. Fig. 6isa similar view of one of the braces. Fig. 7 is a detail perspectiveview of one of the supplemental front brackets.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 1 designate the sides of a combined hay and stock rack, which isadapted to be applied to an ordinary wagon body or bed 2 and which iscapable of being readily arranged to form a hay-rack, as illustrated inFig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, and a stock-rack,

as shown in Fig; 3. Each side consists of par allel longitudinal bars3and transverse arms or cross-pieces 4, preferably constructed offlanged metal and provided at their inner ends with laterally-projectingpintles 5, which are detachably arranged in eyes 6 of triangularbrackets 7, whereby the sides of the hay-rack may be readily removedfrom the wagon-body when desired. The arms are provided at intervalswith perforations to receive fastening devices for securing them to thelongitudinal bars 3. The pintles,which are connected with the inner endsof the bars by shanks 8, are

arranged at right angles to the same, the shanks being located adjacentto one of the longitudinal edges of the arms. The outer end of eachpintle is provided with a lug or projection 9, adapted to pass through are cess or notch 10 at one side of the eye 6 when the arm gt is swunginward beyond a perpendicular position. The lug or projection 9 isadapted to engage one side of the bracket when the arm 4 is in itsnormal position and arranged to form either a hay-rack or a stockrack.The recess or notch 10, which is preferably tapering to. conform to theconfiguration of the lug or projection 9, is shown arranged atthe innerside of the eye 6, near the top thereof; but it may be arranged at anyother desired point, as will be readily understood.

Each side of the wagon body or bed is preferably provided with threetriangular brackets, which are mounted upon the projecting ends ofbottom cleats 12- and secured to the same and to the outer faces of thebody or bed. Each bracket is composed of a vertical inner portion 13, ahorizontal bottom portion l i, and an inclined outer portion 15,extending from the outer end of the bottom portion to the upper end ofthe vertical portion. The vertical portion is provided with a centralvertical flange, and the horizontal bottom portion 14 is enlarged orthickened at its inner end at 16 and is provided with a longitudinal ribor flange 17. The inclined outer portion of the bracket is provided atits outer edge with ways consisting of opposite longitudinal flanges 18,extending upward from'thebottom of thebracket and terminating short ofthe top of thebracket to provide open spaces 19 to permit the passage ofa pair of inwardlyextending studs 20 of a hinged brace 2l,which supportsthe sides of the rack in an inclined position when the parts arearranged to form a hay-rack, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.Thebrace2l,whichisconstructed of flanged metal, is provided at its upperend with perforated ears 22, which are pivoted at opposite sides of aperforated ear or portion 23 by a pintle 24. The studs 20 extend inwardfrom a pair of flanges 25, located at the lower end of the brace andextending inward therefrom. The inner ends of the studs are spaced apartto provide an opening to receive the body portion of the inclined outerpart 15 of the bracket, and when the parts are arranged to form ahay-rack the brace 21 is disposed at an inclination and the studs areinterlocked with the flanges 18, the lower end of the brace resting upona thickened projec-.

tion 27 of the bracket. The flanges 18 are of sufficient length for thestuds to remain in engagement with them when the sides of the rack arearranged either in a vertical or an inclined position; but when thesides are swung inward beyond a perpendicular position to bring the lugor projection 0 opposite the recess or notch 10 the studs are liftedclear of the flanges 1S and maybe readily disengaged from the bracket.

The arms at the front ends of the sides of the rack engage eyes 29 ofsupplemental brackets 30, which are secured to the outer faces of thesides of the wagon body or bed, and the ends of the sides of the rackare provided with hooks 31, having elongated shanks and adapted toengage eyes 32 and 33 of the front standard 34:. The eyes 32 arearranged near the center of one of the cross-bars of the standard 3i andare in engagement with the same when the sides of the rack are disposedin a vertical position, and the other eyes 33, which are arranged at thesides of the standard 34, receive the hooks when the sides of the rackare inclined, the hooks or hooked rods serving to support the front endsof the sides of the racks.

The front and rear standards 34 and 35 are pivoted at their bottoms tothe sides of the wagon-body by transverse rods 36 and 37 and are adaptedto fold downward within the wagon body or bed and also to be removedtherefrom by withdrawing the rods. The rear ends of the sides of therack may be secured in any suitable manner when the parts are arrangedto form a stock-rack.

The invention has the following advantages: The combined hay-rack andstock-rack is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction andcapable of being applied to a wagon body or bed. It is capable of beingquickly arranged to form either a hay or a stock rack, and the sides ofthe rack are detachably interlocked to the sides of the wagon body orbed and may be entirely removed therefrom when desired. The devices fori11- terlockin g the sides of the rack with the sides of the body aresimple and effective and the sides cannot become accidentallydisconnected when in use.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, the combinationof a bracket designed to be secured to a wagon-body and provided at thetop with an eye and having longitudinal flanges extending upward fromthe bottom of the bracket, the latter being provided at its top withopen spaces, an arm hinged to the bracket and engaging the eye thereofdetachably, and a brace hinged to the arm and provided withinwardly-extending studs inter locked with the flanges of the bracketand adapted to pass through the open spaces at the top thereof,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with awagon-body, and a hayrack side hinged to the wagon-body, an inclinedportion or member mounted on the body and provided with longitudinalflanges projecting from opposite sides thereof, said inclined portion orbody being provided at its top with openings, and a brace hinged at itsupper end to the rack side and provided at its lower end withinwardly-extending studs slidingly mounted on the inclined part ormember and interlocked with the flanges thereof, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a triangularbracket provided at its top with an eye and having a recess at one sidethereof, said bracket being composed of a vertical inner portion, aninclined outer portion and a horizontal bottom portion, an arm providedat its inner end with a laterallydisposed pintle arranged in the eye ofthe bracket and provided with a lug or projection adapted to passthrough the recess of the bracket, and a brace hinged at its upper endto the arm and having its lower end slidingly mounted on anddetachablyinterlocked with the inclined portion of the bracket,substantially as described.

et. In a device of the class described, the combination of an inclinedbrace provided at its lower end with inwardly-extendin g flanges andhaving studs projecting from the inner face thereof, a bracket providedat its bottom with a projection arranged to receive the lower end of thebrace, said bracket being provided above the projection withoppositely-disposed flanges interlocked with the studs, and a hay-rackside connected with the brace and with the bracket, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. HERBERT A. BAKER.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. RIGGS, E. H. RIGGS.

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